Gacheru said he has joined the UDA party.
Aspirant Andrew Murugami says that they feel wasted since they used a lot of money and time to campaign for nominations.
“We had used a lot of money, wooing our supporters to come out in large numbers and participate in nominations and that was where the issues of compensation came about,” Murugami said.
Others candidates who joined the Gacheru and Murugami on Monday were former MCA Francis Waithaka, Francis Mahiga and Jacob Mungai.
Most of them said they were planning to join other parties, which they did not name.
However, Limuru MP Peter Mwathi dismissed the compensation claims.
Mwathi who is also a member of the JP advisory committee explained that the candidates scheme to allege there was a compensation plan, was a ploy for them to join the opposition.
The legislator said JP was firm, employing all strategies to ensure the party candidate wins the seat.
The seat became vacant after MCA Eliud Ngugi died on March 16.
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